Police sources said the police team were led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Edgal Imohimi, with backing from the Inspector General of Police Special Tactical Squad (STS).

A video of the operation posted online showed that there were figurines and moulded figures in the shrine.

There were also a few baskets, broken eggs and all manner of sacrifices and metal gongs.

When contacted by PREMIUM TIMES Monday afternoon, the Lagos Police spokesperson, Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the operation.

“Yes, the one (video) on TVC (Television Continental)… It’s one of our operations (where) we are able to discover one shrine,” he simply said.